Sotta

Identity

Sotta (INSEE 2A288) is in Corse-du-Sud (2A), part of CC du Sud Corse. Population 1,893 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/2A288-sotta

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 9,958 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE VERTA TOMASINI · FEE DU MAQUIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BITALZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETRA). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS · L'ATELIER PIZZA · L'ESSENTIEL · U SAN FRANCE · DEFI CUCINA CORSA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR MONDOLONI). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANÇOIS RONDEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PRIS'COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (GALLINA VARJA CAMPING). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,104 (2012) → 1,893 (2023): 71.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 762 (1990) → 1,893 (2023): 148.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,359, of which 32.8 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sotta): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sotta): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sotta): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Porto-Vecchio): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sotta): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FIGARI weather station, 8.8 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[10]

The village sits 75 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.13 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FIGARI, 8.8 km away at 20 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 75 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 650 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FIGARI, 8.8 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A288/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A288/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A288/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2A288/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A288
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 2A247
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024